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The mainstream media has told us we are being governed by the most popular president in   history.  This is a lie.  The truth is Obama’s popularity ratings are only one point higher than those of the least popular president, Bill Clinton, since ratings began 40 years ago. At the 100 day mark, President Clinton’s approval ratings were at 55% and President Obama’s are at 56%. In contrast, President Reagan, the most popular president had approval ratings of 67%, George H. W. Bush’s ratings were at 58%, George W’s ratings were at 62%, and even Presidents Carter and Nixon enjoyed higher approval ratings. Carters ratings were 63% and Nixon’s were 61% at this milestone point in their presidencies.

 Why is BO so unpopular?

1.He promised to cut government spending and reduce the size of the deficit.  He ran as a moderate but is governing from the left.  President Obama is the second least popular president because he is more partisan and divisive than his predecessors – including Richard Nixon.

2. He promised to cut taxes for the poor and middle class. In fact, he has increased the tax burden for the poor and middle class. While he may have made minor changes to the income tax laws, he has increased tobacco taxes which primarily affect the poor and middle class. He wants to increase the costs of carbon based fuels which will impact the poor more than the rich. He advocates increasing the gas tax, again impacting the poor more than the rich.

3. He advocates raising taxes on business. Fact, business DOES NOT pay taxes. Like all other expenses, tax is simply passed on to the consumer.

4. He has more than tripled the deficit in less than 100 days. I thought he was going to cut the deficit. Wait, he has decided to cut a bunch of programs to save money. What the media fails to tell us is he is just going to spend that money on other things. Net spending reduction from these cuts, $o.

5. He has told his Cabinet members to find ways to cut their budgets. The cuts he wants amount are comparable to a typical person cutting out a cup of coffee a week. Again these are not real cuts because he plans on spending the money somewhere else.

What American’s want, regardless of what Colin Powell claims, is less Government and lower taxes. We need to get back to the Constitution. I contend that most Cabinet offices are unconstitutional. I challenge anyone to show me in the Constitution the authority for ant departments other that State, Homeland Security, Defense and possibly Commerce. Even the office of Attorney General is hard to justify under the Constitution. The Department’s of Education, Veteran’s Affairs, Agriculture, and almost all others defy the Constitution.